{"product_id":"notes-from-the-other-side-juliana-geran-pilon-9781967613250","title":"Notes from the Other Side of Night: From Communism to a Fragile Freedom","description":"\u003cb\u003eA lyrical memoir of\u003cbr\u003eliving under, and escaping from, anti-Semitism and the tyranny of communism.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"There are scenes in this book that the\u003cbr\u003ereader will never forget.\"--Mircea Eliade\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith a new Afterword\u003cbr\u003eby the author and a new Introduction by bestselling historian Wilfred M. McClay\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eNotes from the\u003cbr\u003eOther Side of Night\u003c\/i\u003e, Juliana Geran Pilon provides a beautiful memoir of a\u003cbr\u003ereturn to her native Romania in 1975, which she left with her family when she\u003cbr\u003ewas just fourteen. Poetically weaving together hard-won adult insights with her\u003cbr\u003echildhood perceptions, Pilon tells the haunting stories of her parents, \u003cbr\u003egrandparents, neighbors, and friends. She recounts the chilling realities of anti-Semitism, \u003cbr\u003epolitical imprisonment, and judicial execution under Romania's ruthless\u003cbr\u003ecommunist authorities. And she remembers those few who managed to retain their\u003cbr\u003ehumanity despite the horrors that surrounded them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold with detached\u003cbr\u003emelancholy, the result is a book full of political and spiritual wisdom. At a\u003cbr\u003etime when the totalitarian crimes of the last century are being minimized, if\u003cbr\u003enot entirely ignored, Pilon's meditation on evil, hope, and love is profoundly moving.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Juliana Geran Pilon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1967613257\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781967613250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Creed \u0026amp; Culture\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.50d","brand":"Juliana Geran Pilon","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":49083935260927,"sku":"9781967613250","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/notes-from-the-other-side-juliana-geran-pilon-9781967613250","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}